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Birmingham zoning board grants variances for 1070 Lincoln Court after neighbors raise drainage and scale concerns
Summary
The Birmingham Board of Zoning Appeals approved two dimensional variances allowing a new home at 1070 Lincoln Court to sit closer to the rear lot line and to have a reduced combined front-and-rear setback, after the applicant argued lot orientation made a code-compliant home impractical and neighbors warned about drainage and neighborhood scale.
The Birmingham Board of Zoning Appeals on Monday approved two variances that will allow a new house at 1070 Lincoln Court to be built closer to the rear lot line than the zoning ordinance normally permits.
Appellant representative Andrew Erickson and James Sigliano, who said he was speaking for his parents the property owners, told the board the lot’s unusual orientation creates a practical difficulty with the city’s R-3 setback rules. "If we were to follow the requirements of the R-3 zoning ... we would only be able to consider a home that was 13 feet deep," Erickson…
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